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trickis a kind of delayed -- trigger on a sanctions law and does not take effect for six months, a b that is not inconsistent with the letter of the agreement. but it seems to be inconsistent with the spirit of the agreement, and that will be a violation of the agreement. hardliners in iran will take advantage of that and will undercut the negotiating authority of the iranian negotiating team. and i think it will make things difficult. we will have sanctions. if there is not a deal after six months ended the -- the iranians are not negotiating seriously, there will be more sections. you do not need to do it now. >> president obama and secretary there' their reputations are on the line. tweets -- if iran cheats -- [laughter] you really got that into my head. i am so tired. they would be politically very role model. would have critics been proven true. let's give it a chance, a proper, clear lab test. dr. brzezinski, you do not think holding this out would make it easier to make a deal. this is already on the books. >> remember, the sanctions still exist. >> but this would be more sanc
trickis a kind of delayed -- trigger on a sanctions law and does not take effect for six months, a b that is not inconsistent with the letter of the agreement. but it seems to be inconsistent with the spirit of the agreement, and that will be a violation of the agreement. hardliners in iran will take advantage of that and will undercut the negotiating authority of the iranian negotiating team. and i think it will make things difficult. we will have sanctions. if there is not a deal after six...
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but this law is going work. for the sake of our economic security. it needs to work. [applause] and as people and states as different as california and kentucky sign up every single day for health insurance, signing up in droves, they're proving they they want that economic security. you know, the senate republican leaders think they're going able to repeal it someday. he might want to check with the more than 60,000 people in his home state who are already set to finally have coverage that frees them from the fear of financial ruin and lets them afford to take their kids to see a doctor! [applause] so let me address the elephant in the room here. the seeming inability to get anything done in washington these days. i realized we are not going to resolve all of our political debates over the best ways to reduce inequality and increase upward mobility. this year or next year or the next five years. but it is important we have a serious debate about these issues. for the longer than current trends are allowed to continue, the more it will feed the cynicism and fear that
but this law is going work. for the sake of our economic security. it needs to work. [applause] and as people and states as different as california and kentucky sign up every single day for health insurance, signing up in droves, they're proving they they want that economic security. you know, the senate republican leaders think they're going able to repeal it someday. he might want to check with the more than 60,000 people in his home state who are already set to finally have coverage that...
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rule of law. send a signal we are worried about the recent measure that clamp down on, you know, the ability of people to gather and protest. you mentioned tahir square. as you know, the most recent laws passed totally outlawed. i think it's important for the united to send a signal that we support the rule of law and right of people to petition their government. but we also have ongoing obviously important security interest. we don't want to totally alien ate, you know, the government. so that is why i think the sort of call tbraited response you seek from the administration which is to say we're going withhold some of our military support. not all. there's no easy an. at least from my perspective. let me ask you about iraq which is a country you have been involved in as we discussed for some time. a few decade now. terrorism in iraq is as bad as it's ever been. going back to the worst years during the u.s. occupation there. how do you see iraq at this point? what can and should the u.s. be doing
rule of law. send a signal we are worried about the recent measure that clamp down on, you know, the ability of people to gather and protest. you mentioned tahir square. as you know, the most recent laws passed totally outlawed. i think it's important for the united to send a signal that we support the rule of law and right of people to petition their government. but we also have ongoing obviously important security interest. we don't want to totally alien ate, you know, the government. so that...
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but what this law does and what i think a growing consensus, even in the private sector outside the law acknowledges that if we are really going to make a difference in the new health paradigm, we've got to come to the bottom of the pier made and recognize that through the efficiencies are, greater emphasis on wellness, some illness not only produces better results, because less money. so it isn't that it has to be either/or. our goal is to cover the entire pier made. putting the balance. these could be with a far greater emphasis in reliance on bottom of the pyramid care than ever in history, this begins to do that. it is still going to take a lot of additional effort. the eerie medical school this year and we were talking before about the emphasis on internal medicine and the need for more primary care and are just delighted to hear one of the top schools in the country now been offered good, primary care education and internal medicine opportunities. so i believe it is coming. but it's a crass expression, but it is true you got to follow the money. you have to follow the money with r
but what this law does and what i think a growing consensus, even in the private sector outside the law acknowledges that if we are really going to make a difference in the new health paradigm, we've got to come to the bottom of the pier made and recognize that through the efficiencies are, greater emphasis on wellness, some illness not only produces better results, because less money. so it isn't that it has to be either/or. our goal is to cover the entire pier made. putting the balance. these...
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legal protections, not subject to afghan law. that has always been a red line, and i think it's an appropriate red line. but i also think we heard from the afghan people via the low ya jirga that most of afghan's leadership including i would say just about if not everybody presidential candidate that is running for election early next year wants the u.s. and the international community to stay. so i would hope that even if karzai persists in his very frustrating tactic of delaying or saying he's not going to sign the bsa despite the results of his own process, that we will, you know, proceed. obviously, you have to plan for the worst case of total withdrawal, but that we would seek to maintain some flexibility to work with the new government to quickly put a framework in place to allow what's in the strategic interests of both countries -- which is a modest, continued presence and for assistance -- to allow that to happen. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> good morning. thank you to the institute for inviting me. i'm the new defense b
legal protections, not subject to afghan law. that has always been a red line, and i think it's an appropriate red line. but i also think we heard from the afghan people via the low ya jirga that most of afghan's leadership including i would say just about if not everybody presidential candidate that is running for election early next year wants the u.s. and the international community to stay. so i would hope that even if karzai persists in his very frustrating tactic of delaying or saying...
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he thought at law schools. he writes learned, graceful prose under deadline pressure him and he's just an institution unto himself. so we do have to pay a lot of attention. let me give you one small example. the supreme court community was shocked a couple years ago when a relatively young man named david souter had been on the supreme court just one day decided said i've had it, i'm out of here. i'm not having that much fun. i don't like living in washington and i'm eating. tom goldstein a few days later said that one day soon i'll indicate in would be sitting on the -- elena kagan would be sitting on the supreme court and would look at the other two women with myopic that was his prediction. i do know he was exactly right. so one of the things that gives the site its credibility is the knowledge and expertise of tom and amy. so that's another thing, it's not just tom and amy -- one of the reasons i think that they have fared so well is that one of thof the things that you musk at some of the answers their pho
he thought at law schools. he writes learned, graceful prose under deadline pressure him and he's just an institution unto himself. so we do have to pay a lot of attention. let me give you one small example. the supreme court community was shocked a couple years ago when a relatively young man named david souter had been on the supreme court just one day decided said i've had it, i'm out of here. i'm not having that much fun. i don't like living in washington and i'm eating. tom goldstein a few...
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we know that it led to significant laws being enacted. we know that it led to a significant increase in the infrastructure in government from local to state to national levels that allowed us to address that public outcry, and to deliver significant protections through the great works of many administrators before me, including carol browner. china also is facing significant public outcry. they have significant challenges that they need to address. but the good news is, we have been there before. the u.s. has faced these challenges. we have faced them well. we have faced them over time. we know the technologies are available. we know what planning can do. we know there are many ways, if you chew can engage your states, and in china's case, provinces, to bring a state of urgency to this issue. we will be working with them to work on these air quality challenges, moving forward. they have established some very ambitious goals. not only for air quality, but also for climate. we believe they can learn from the lessons of the united states i%i
we know that it led to significant laws being enacted. we know that it led to a significant increase in the infrastructure in government from local to state to national levels that allowed us to address that public outcry, and to deliver significant protections through the great works of many administrators before me, including carol browner. china also is facing significant public outcry. they have significant challenges that they need to address. but the good news is, we have been there...
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when president bush signed the law, the average person was unemployed for i believe 17 weeks. for that portion of the unemployed, they fell in november. the number of long-term unemployed stayed pretty steady. that is more evidence we need to address this problem and it would be terrible to tell more than one million families across the country just a few days after christmas that they are out of benefits. we hope that congress will address this challenge. >> how close -- is the white that it isting extending that? we believe that congress should extend unemployment insurance. the vehicle that they used to do that is less important than the fact that they do it. i will not negotiate from the podium about how that gets done. discussionsongoing and negotiations on the issue of a budget agreement, i would say that we hope and expect that they can reach one. i don't want to characterize the progress in any way except to sense there is a to eacho an ability side to come together and it would be welcome. it is what we have talked a lot about. i don't want to make any predictions abo
when president bush signed the law, the average person was unemployed for i believe 17 weeks. for that portion of the unemployed, they fell in november. the number of long-term unemployed stayed pretty steady. that is more evidence we need to address this problem and it would be terrible to tell more than one million families across the country just a few days after christmas that they are out of benefits. we hope that congress will address this challenge. >> how close -- is the white...
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so you're actually going around the law. that exact science up to date when you submit the law to the omb and the science advisory panel at the same time, you're circumventing? >> no , sir. >> you're not. >> you're interpreting the law as long as you have the process in effect you're good? >> no , sir, that's not what -- >> that's not what you said. i misunderstood. i apologize. let me go on. you said there are researchers that have contracts to verify data. -- in your earlier comments. you don't recall that. you had researchers that have contracts to verify data. in my question, do you ever get biased results? >> well, actual our entire peer review process to minimize any possibility that have. i think we do a good job. >> mr. chairman, mr. hall mentioned parker county earlier to where you had epa had to retract a statement they said they had facting contaminated the water supply. are you aware of that? i am aware that the epa developed data and provided that data. >> okay. okay. >> and when they question our on the standar
so you're actually going around the law. that exact science up to date when you submit the law to the omb and the science advisory panel at the same time, you're circumventing? >> no , sir. >> you're not. >> you're interpreting the law as long as you have the process in effect you're good? >> no , sir, that's not what -- >> that's not what you said. i misunderstood. i apologize. let me go on. you said there are researchers that have contracts to verify data. -- in...
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in court and attack domestic laws demanding compensation from taxpayers for any domestic law or policy that they think undermines the expected future profits. this is out eli lilly is suing the canadian government for half a billion dollars in medicine patens, how the big tobacco given -- companies are suing a stray for compensation. and under that regime on lot of countries are concerned about the existing rules. so it would cover any contract the u.s. government would have with the foreign corporations, natural resource for natural lance, mining projects, running tunnels, bridges, ports, it's crazy. would not catch a u.s. court but a tribunal. they could then be in power to radar treasury. so the third thing that was really her feeling is that japan, despite setting a condition for getting in the talks that they would negotiate is refusing to negotiate market access for five key agricultural products. that is an interesting development. the memo says something like someone needs to talk to the prime minister in japan and make sure he is that instructions right. before the worrisome t
in court and attack domestic laws demanding compensation from taxpayers for any domestic law or policy that they think undermines the expected future profits. this is out eli lilly is suing the canadian government for half a billion dollars in medicine patens, how the big tobacco given -- companies are suing a stray for compensation. and under that regime on lot of countries are concerned about the existing rules. so it would cover any contract the u.s. government would have with the foreign...
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we passed two years ago a law that allows for the indefinite detention of an american citizen. i had a debate with another senator, and i said this means you could send an american citizen guantanamo bay without a trial? he said, yes, if they are dangerous. that begs the question, who gets to decide who is dangerous or not? i think back to richard jewell. everybody said he was a bomber. everybody in the media said he was guilty. if he had been a black man in the south, he would have been strung up from the closest tree. that is why you have to believe in you process. we once did it to african americans, because what we did to japanese-americans, and now what we threaten to do the people we accuse of crimes without a trial. with the ideas of justice, believing everybody has a right to a lawyer and to a trial by jury, not everybody believes that anymore, and if we can talk about these issues of justice, fairness, and so continue to believe in low taxes and less regulation, talk about privacy, how your cell phone is your business, your e-mail is her business, all of a sudden there
we passed two years ago a law that allows for the indefinite detention of an american citizen. i had a debate with another senator, and i said this means you could send an american citizen guantanamo bay without a trial? he said, yes, if they are dangerous. that begs the question, who gets to decide who is dangerous or not? i think back to richard jewell. everybody said he was a bomber. everybody in the media said he was guilty. if he had been a black man in the south, he would have been strung...
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the law has been a law for a decade and a half. some officials in the embassy have not enforced it. and i call on the state department to explain the leahy law is the leahy law and has to apply in every country where we give aid or it is turning our back on american ideals. let's start enforcing it everywhere. [ applause ] >> don't give me any excuse of making it better if we keep giving the aid to the people that are using it to torture. no. that violates everything we stand for. if you are going to implement the law you have to have civil society here around the world and everybody in this room. we should feel just as strongly as defending human right activist whether they are in egypt, russia, china, vietnam nam or any other country who are persecuted for religious beliefs or personal beliefs. these are rights we take for advantage. we should not hesitate to speak up when those rights are violated. i have met some activist who have been subjected to brutal y brutality, isolation, torture. and i am in awe by their courage and spirit and by the fact they never give up. we have a re
the law has been a law for a decade and a half. some officials in the embassy have not enforced it. and i call on the state department to explain the leahy law is the leahy law and has to apply in every country where we give aid or it is turning our back on american ideals. let's start enforcing it everywhere. [ applause ] >> don't give me any excuse of making it better if we keep giving the aid to the people that are using it to torture. no. that violates everything we stand for. if you...
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a week away from the deadline for law makers to come to a deal. how close does the white house feel law makers are getting to is the white house insisting that part of that deal include something on extending u.i.? >> i will start with the second part first. said believesident congress should extend unemployment insurance. to dohicle that they used that is less important than the fact that they do it. i will not negotiate from the podium about how that gets done. and on the ongoing discussions and negotiations on the issue of a budget agreement, i would say that we hope and expect that they can reach one. i don't want to characterize the progress in any way except to say that any sense there is a return to an ability for each to come together and reach a compromise on budget matter welcome. that is certainly what we talked a lot about and talked about over the course of the year, a order.to regular but i don't want to make any -- work that is being done or make any predictions about how successful they will be except to say that we obviously hope
a week away from the deadline for law makers to come to a deal. how close does the white house feel law makers are getting to is the white house insisting that part of that deal include something on extending u.i.? >> i will start with the second part first. said believesident congress should extend unemployment insurance. to dohicle that they used that is less important than the fact that they do it. i will not negotiate from the podium about how that gets done. and on the ongoing...
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i've been involved in veterans' law for over 40 years. the va has faced huge backlogs before, and the va has had to deal with reducing the backlog adjudicating claims faster, and in almost every instance, the error rate, especially the error rate for complex claims has gone up. you just simply can't go too fast when you have complicated claims. the first thing we have to talk about is what is a complex claim? some claims, by their very nature, are complicated. a special monthly compensation, traumatic brain injury, the fact regulation dealing with tbi is so complicated that some people call it the davinci code. look at it time and be complexed. some look at it by va or as evidence by the claimant comes in, ancillary issues arise, different theories of service connection come up. they can become very difficult. some claims, more than a few and more than i like, can become complicated because of va error. in those cases, the veterans face a nightmare, not only do they have to get the right evidence before the va; they have to overcome the u
i've been involved in veterans' law for over 40 years. the va has faced huge backlogs before, and the va has had to deal with reducing the backlog adjudicating claims faster, and in almost every instance, the error rate, especially the error rate for complex claims has gone up. you just simply can't go too fast when you have complicated claims. the first thing we have to talk about is what is a complex claim? some claims, by their very nature, are complicated. a special monthly compensation,...
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she earned degrees from cornell university and a law degree from cardozo school of law. she worked at a wall street law firm for several years. she taught history in brooklyn while serving as counsel for the president of the united federation of teachers. she served as president for 12 years before her election as aft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging or tweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the breakfast is over to give reporters time to file. give me a nonthreatening signal and i will call on one and all. low on the subtleties scale, but nonthreatening anyway. the nonthreatening is what i'm concerned about. we will offer our guest the opportunity to make some opening comments and then we will move to questions around the table. thank you for doing this. >> first of all i just want to say thank you for all of you for being here. and
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s, but we cannot make va properly apply the law. we been up to the u.s. court of appeals for veterans claims three times. each time the va attorney will try forwarding hey, we made a mistake here this case means to go back. that doesn't help mrs. mcnutt. but we are hop mcnutt. but we are hopeful. it's been 23 years. we are hopeful we are near the end. some of the help we get along the way, obviously the veterans choice act of 2006 is helpful in allowing attorneys early access to assisting veterans and widows. >> thank you. one question for mrs. price. from all the testimonials you've taken on a national scale, what are the most frequent errors you've heard of in the process? >> must specifically, as counsel, mr. bergman said, failure to apply the law correctly, complete disregard of medical evidence provided, most specifically from civilian providers. that is very high on the list. and the third one i missed rides to the top pretty regularly is the almost complete and under disregard for anything that is considered a policy rule, regulation or law. comple
s, but we cannot make va properly apply the law. we been up to the u.s. court of appeals for veterans claims three times. each time the va attorney will try forwarding hey, we made a mistake here this case means to go back. that doesn't help mrs. mcnutt. but we are hop mcnutt. but we are hopeful. it's been 23 years. we are hopeful we are near the end. some of the help we get along the way, obviously the veterans choice act of 2006 is helpful in allowing attorneys early access to assisting...
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we have laws and protection and oversight. i told my allies, we send our intelligence services to the foreign intelligence surveillance court before they a foreign.listen to name another intelligence service in the world that sends them to a third-party court to see if they can listen to the united states. do you think they are having this conversation in china or france or germany or italy? as a matter of fact, the europeans who are screaming the loudest do not even have access to their iel
we have laws and protection and oversight. i told my allies, we send our intelligence services to the foreign intelligence surveillance court before they a foreign.listen to name another intelligence service in the world that sends them to a third-party court to see if they can listen to the united states. do you think they are having this conversation in china or france or germany or italy? as a matter of fact, the europeans who are screaming the loudest do not even have access to their iel
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find out what your state's public health law is. they're probably not going to give you the results. the results will be just on these handful of diseases, depending on how old your children are, either five, six diseases or 30, 40 diseases, and almost certainly negative on all of them. but somebody did those tests. >> i would like to clarify one thing, though. the tests that were done, say in the 1970's or 1980's, were not genetic tests. no one was look at d.n.a. they were looking at other levels, so they were what would propering called a metabolic screening. >> although with proper respect, i think that's a quibble, in the sense of they weren't testing d.n.a., but we aren't testing it now. we're testing the proteins for most of the neonatal testing. it's still tests of proteins really, but it's a test that tells you something about the underlying d.n.a. > so a word, two things. the f.b.i. did not get ahold of any samples from texas, but the department of defense did for exactly what hank said, namely to look at the frequency of d
find out what your state's public health law is. they're probably not going to give you the results. the results will be just on these handful of diseases, depending on how old your children are, either five, six diseases or 30, 40 diseases, and almost certainly negative on all of them. but somebody did those tests. >> i would like to clarify one thing, though. the tests that were done, say in the 1970's or 1980's, were not genetic tests. no one was look at d.n.a. they were looking at...
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rule of law. no country in the world has the rule of all we have. -- of law we have. it is unprecedented for the intelligence system we have is a strategic advantage because of its capability. when it is precisely focused, we can do just about anything. we are challenged because of the magnitude of the number of events around the world today, but we are still doing a pretty good job of keeping things that they. .- at bay maybe it is selfish, but our defense capability, military capability. it is a national strategic advantage. despite what you hear about all of the challenges the army and navy and air force, those are true. we are still the best in the world. the most capable. that provides this country enormous advantage. when other countries look at us and look at the united states, we need to remind ourselves to exactly what is in our dna, to be humble about our strategic advantage as a world power and global leader, and not be seen as, we are better than you. we have to be seen as a global leader around the world. i know we are because of the conversations i have
rule of law. no country in the world has the rule of all we have. -- of law we have. it is unprecedented for the intelligence system we have is a strategic advantage because of its capability. when it is precisely focused, we can do just about anything. we are challenged because of the magnitude of the number of events around the world today, but we are still doing a pretty good job of keeping things that they. .- at bay maybe it is selfish, but our defense capability, military capability. it...
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dodd-frank into it too big to fail as a matter of law. top rules are now in place to make sure banks have the capital to absorb their own losses. monitoring through stress tests is under way. and resolution authority's and plans are in place. there's a growing recognition to these changes and market analysts are factoring them into their assumption. put simply, the reforms we are putting in place raise the cost for a bank to be large requiring firms with to internalize the risk and together with resolution authority and living wills, make clear that shareholders, creditors and executives, not taxpayers, will be responsible if a large institution fails. earlier this year i said if we could not with a straight face say we ended to big to fail we would have to look at other options. based on the totality of reforms we are putting in place, i believe we will meet that test. let's be clear, there's no precise point at which you can prove with certainty that we done enough. if individual need to take further actions, we will not hesitate. an es
dodd-frank into it too big to fail as a matter of law. top rules are now in place to make sure banks have the capital to absorb their own losses. monitoring through stress tests is under way. and resolution authority's and plans are in place. there's a growing recognition to these changes and market analysts are factoring them into their assumption. put simply, the reforms we are putting in place raise the cost for a bank to be large requiring firms with to internalize the risk and together...
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we in india, we will always be deep in laws for our people. to us nelson mandela was history. .. principles that they are following or it is no wonder that we in india feel great sentiment for the people of this great country, south africa. we stand by you. we share, we have no doubt that we are that the great inanity of our century, who taught the remaining of forgiveness and reconciliation and secured south africa, a building a truly wonderful mission. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [choosers]] thank you, mr. president. we now will get an address from a tiny island, an island of people who liberated us. who fought for our liberation. the people of cuba. we will now receive a speech from comrade raul castro who is coming to talk to us. >> thank you, jacob zuma. for nelson mandela. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: president jacob zuma, for nelson mandela, distinguished dignitary. .. [speaking in native tongue] [ >> i can hold this, okay. sorry. alongside the struggle, nelson mandela has met his people in the battle to open the way to new south africa, a united south a
we in india, we will always be deep in laws for our people. to us nelson mandela was history. .. principles that they are following or it is no wonder that we in india feel great sentiment for the people of this great country, south africa. we stand by you. we share, we have no doubt that we are that the great inanity of our century, who taught the remaining of forgiveness and reconciliation and secured south africa, a building a truly wonderful mission. thank you, ladies and gentlemen....
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one rule of law. there's no country in the world that has a rule of law that we have. we're challenged because of the magnitude of the number of events around the world today. we are still doing a pretty good job of keeping things at bay. and i think the third and maybe a bit sell fish is our defense capability. i think it's a national strategic advantage. our military, despite about what you hear about the army is facing or the navy or air force. those are true. but we're still the best in the world. we are the most capable. that provides this country enormous advantage. when other countries look at us and the united, you know, we need to remind ourselves to be exactly what is no our dna. to be a little bit humble about our strategic advantage as a world power and global leader. and not be seen as, you know, we're better than you. we have to be seen as a global leader around the world. in fact, i know we are. because of the conversation i have. i say all of that because i think that it is a dialogue. you know, it's not just a dialogue one way. it's a dialogue from dia
one rule of law. there's no country in the world that has a rule of law that we have. we're challenged because of the magnitude of the number of events around the world today. we are still doing a pretty good job of keeping things at bay. and i think the third and maybe a bit sell fish is our defense capability. i think it's a national strategic advantage. our military, despite about what you hear about the army is facing or the navy or air force. those are true. but we're still the best in the...
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treat you like an t will treat everyone equally under the law. help parents control their future.n's it will help creators to have workers.s for their no matter the color of your skin, what part of town you come from. other ton tried it the way. we tried the bailouts, the excessive regulation, excessive worked.n, it hasn't they tried it, it doesn't work. we'll now try a new approach. e can meet your challenges as you rebuild your city. challenges as you can do this, it will endure and prevail. and i promise you i will work to help you do just that. much. you very [ applause ] >> my jobs to take hundreds of questions and try to get them in order. i'm going to start locally with a student question. hat made you take interest in s. roit's issue s >> well, they're in the news. i'm a politician, i'm a republican. i want votes. more votes.eds they're not getting many out of detroit. i a physician, though, and see and want to diagnose roblems and come up with solution solutions. i think in the past, the free market will float all votes. the best system
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or his health care law. it asit inattention or is some people have suggested people not wanting to tell the president bad news? himself with nd people who are willing to tell wrong?en things are going >> that's a good distinction to make. the ng to people inside white house is the fastest way to get on the president's side is not telling him what he want to hear. but that said, there was a lot shared with the president. and this goes back to this year irs turned inspector auditors report about paying attention to conservative groups. he wasn't aware of that, wasn't told that at the time even staff knew that. he increasingly surrounds himself with people he knows well. he does not have a lot of contacts in washington. time not spend a lot of here before becoming president. his small circle of close advisors are getting smaller and his time in office wears on. >> the first 45 minutes of the ashington journal this morning talking about congress. scott wilson, "the washington ost" white house bureau chief focusi
or his health care law. it asit inattention or is some people have suggested people not wanting to tell the president bad news? himself with nd people who are willing to tell wrong?en things are going >> that's a good distinction to make. the ng to people inside white house is the fastest way to get on the president's side is not telling him what he want to hear. but that said, there was a lot shared with the president. and this goes back to this year irs turned inspector auditors report...
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enterse meeting at the -- enterprise institute or they will have an limitation of the dodd frank law. >> i got upset. they covered my mental health work. the first few meetings i had. then they never showed up anymore. one day i was walking in the , one ofuse, this woman i said nobodyle, ever covers my meetings. she said mental health is not a sexy issue.t on we develop legislation. way past the mental health system act of 1980. it passed in congress. wasmonth before jimmy involuntarily retired from the white house. the incoming president put it on the shelf and never implemented it. it is one of my life. tonight >>dy carter president obama and first lady michelle obama are on their way .o south africa they will be joined by three former u.s. president. george w. bush was already on the plane. bill clinton is traveling separately from rio de janeiro where he was attending a global initiative event. also plan to join. george a chevy bush is the only living president who will not .ttend he is no longer able to travel long distances. president obama spoke over the weekend about u.s. rela
enterse meeting at the -- enterprise institute or they will have an limitation of the dodd frank law. >> i got upset. they covered my mental health work. the first few meetings i had. then they never showed up anymore. one day i was walking in the , one ofuse, this woman i said nobodyle, ever covers my meetings. she said mental health is not a sexy issue.t on we develop legislation. way past the mental health system act of 1980. it passed in congress. wasmonth before jimmy involuntarily...
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we support the law and the right of people to put tension -- petition their government. we do not want to totally the government. a calibrated think response that you have seen from the administration, which is we withhold some military support and we want to continue to work with the government as a transition back towards the original aspirations of the arab spring there. that is the way to go. there is no easy answer. egypt, it has been particularly challenging. iraq. me ask you about been as badere has as it has ever been. going back to the worst years during the u.s. occupation there. iraq at thisein point and what should the u.s. be doing there? to see the rise in terrorism as a link to syria and other problems that we are seeing? i think it has been exacerbated. it is interesting to hear some folks now who suggest this six- month interim agreement with --n is strengthening me iran whengthening the iranians the most that strengthened iran was the war in iraq. you have iraq allowing iranian claims to overfly iraq on the way to syria. moreng strengthened iran than th
we support the law and the right of people to put tension -- petition their government. we do not want to totally the government. a calibrated think response that you have seen from the administration, which is we withhold some military support and we want to continue to work with the government as a transition back towards the original aspirations of the arab spring there. that is the way to go. there is no easy answer. egypt, it has been particularly challenging. iraq. me ask you about been...
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we have laws and protection and oversight. i told my allies, we send our intelligence services to the foreign intelligence surveillance court before they a foreign.listen to name another intelligence service in the world that sends them to a third-party court to see if they can listen to the united states. do you think they are having this conversation in china or france or germany or italy? as a matter of fact, the europeans who are screaming the loudest do not even have access to their intelligence service. right,want to get this we have to understand what you think is happening and what is happening. we are going to try to have a conversation in a couple of weeks so that they do not use this as protection. remember, companies in france, germany's, they are saying, let's exclude these companies so that we can say this information is safe because it is in servers in france. france just put in a provision that said they do not even need to go to a judge to get private communications other server companies. this whole debate is
we have laws and protection and oversight. i told my allies, we send our intelligence services to the foreign intelligence surveillance court before they a foreign.listen to name another intelligence service in the world that sends them to a third-party court to see if they can listen to the united states. do you think they are having this conversation in china or france or germany or italy? as a matter of fact, the europeans who are screaming the loudest do not even have access to their...
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>> of the law. -- hawaii is unique. not only because of its terrain but because of its political history. we have a super majority, blue. i'm in the house of 51. my caucus is seven. in the senate there's one republican and 20 for democrats. what are some insights i can bring back -- i would like the concept not because i'm in the minority but because this is what we are americans first. then where republicans, then democrats but we tend to forget that. you guys are reminding us of that. how do you get inside the inner psychology to motivate people who have a super majority and have had it for 50 years, to do something about this which you gentlemen are talking about? if you. >> i'll just make a quick comment and let evan follow. so i've lived in poor countries, only one of which doesn't have a strategy your this one. we don't have a strategy. we sort of meander along, hoping we're doing the right thing to help the economics works out. we hope our innovative spirit will keep us moving in a way that speaks to competitiven
>> of the law. -- hawaii is unique. not only because of its terrain but because of its political history. we have a super majority, blue. i'm in the house of 51. my caucus is seven. in the senate there's one republican and 20 for democrats. what are some insights i can bring back -- i would like the concept not because i'm in the minority but because this is what we are americans first. then where republicans, then democrats but we tend to forget that. you guys are reminding us of that....
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maryland law sb740 attempts to decrease the need for developmental education on the college level. simplifying the process for a defining and identifying the neediest students. we know who the neediest students are and question identify them as early as middle school and certainly by grades ten through 12 is as there is a meaning test in place to identify those who qualify for subsidized meal in the public school. the recommendation noted in my written testimony are part of a report. further reduce the number of questions aimed at financial ability to pay. in the breast of time i direct you to the seven rights of testimony. which adopted would make a significant contribution to defining and identifying the neediest students. eliminating fraud and abuse. i begin with a premise that eight administrators are committed to ensuring that all students let matily pursuing higher termed to be eligible to receive. at the same time eight administrators have the responsibility of preventing those not eligible for receiving any amount of financial aid. pell, like other federal programs with is
maryland law sb740 attempts to decrease the need for developmental education on the college level. simplifying the process for a defining and identifying the neediest students. we know who the neediest students are and question identify them as early as middle school and certainly by grades ten through 12 is as there is a meaning test in place to identify those who qualify for subsidized meal in the public school. the recommendation noted in my written testimony are part of a report. further...
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make sure that these technologies are not overused, not only by our federal government officials and law enforcement, but also by others who would do us harm, who have sarpetishesly maybe converted that technology to do something a libble more pervasive and a little -- little bit more pervasive and a little bit more perverse. it is for that reason that senator wyden, my colleague in the united states senate, and i have introduced what's called geolocational, or g.p.s. act, to curtail those that want to follow us without our own knowledge. we believe that you should have to have a probable cause warrant in order to track somebody's geolocation. i want that for my own kids, i want that for me. i want to make sure that technology is safe and secure, so i encourage my colleagues, mr. speaker, to look at h.r. 1312, the g.p.s. act, let's deal with these new inventions and technologies in a reasonable way and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess with a reporter who covers the house. talk aboutus to summit he i
make sure that these technologies are not overused, not only by our federal government officials and law enforcement, but also by others who would do us harm, who have sarpetishesly maybe converted that technology to do something a libble more pervasive and a little -- little bit more pervasive and a little bit more perverse. it is for that reason that senator wyden, my colleague in the united states senate, and i have introduced what's called geolocational, or g.p.s. act, to curtail those that...